Mouth Actions in Sign Languages. An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language

• मुख्य लेखक: Mohr, Susanne (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: De Gruyter 2014
• श्रृंखला: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
• विषय: Sign Language Non-Manual Features Word Classes Irish Sign Language.
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to...